Quote Originally Posted by Lebenoshl View Post
Currently the achievement point total feels arbitrary as we have no reference to what it means. On the other hand rankings provide a feeling of progression and accomplishment, It encourages players to try all the content that a game offers and extends the replayability of a game.

It would be really nice of World, Server Cluster, and Global Rankings were added. It would give players something to strive for when they reached their 'wall', as well as encourage community effort to help each other complete some of the achievements.
Quote Originally Posted by Amused View Post
They should not have an achievement ranking system when there are achievements that are no longer obtainable that still count toward your score.
You're not the only one who thinks so! The data on this site is parsed from Lodestone and displayed in the manner you've suggested: http://xivpads.com/?Ranking

I am currently #124 on my server!